We’re really glad BLAST have seen the light and decided to change BLAST Bounty starting next year, because online CS f-cking sucks.

That said, after a break from CS - XSE Pro League is NOT canon - we’ll take what we can get, and there are actually things to be excited about.

Aurora are debuting their new lineup, so too are MOUZ and Liquid. We’ll get our first chance to see r1nkle in a G2 jersey - not that we expect to be any less confused about why he’s in a G2 jersey after the event - and we’ll also get to see FUT with xfl0ud.

More importantly, though, we’ll get to see FaZe once again test themselves against EYEBALLERS.

It’s a game that, had you not watched CS for a long time, you’d assume would be an easy win for FaZe, but given that they’ve already lost to EYEBALLERS in a BLAST Bounty this year, it could be another one for the history books.

We do think FaZe will win this time, though. JBOEN looked solid on his debut, and Twistzz isn’t the brainlet he was on Liquid. This is a great way for them to get their season underway.

The biggest excitement, however, lies with 100 Thieves, who will finally be making a tier one appearance as they take on Falcons.

Which probably isn’t who they were hoping to face.

Reinforced by English gla1ve, we reckon 100 Thieves are in for a solid season and that we’ll see them in the Singapore Major at the end of the year. If they can start their season with a win here, that’ll be a real statement of intent.